Quotes
(Movies)
The Horse Whisperer
"A million years before man, they grazed the vast and empty
plains, living by voices only they could hear. They first came
to know man as the hunted knows the hunter, for long before he
used horses for his labours, he killed them for meat. The
alliance with man would forever be fragile for the fear he'd
struck into their hearts was too deep to be dislodged. Since
that Neolithic
moment when a horse was first haltered, there were those among
men who understood this. They could see into the creature's
soul and soothe the wounds they found there. The secrets
uttered softly into troubled ears. These men were known as the
Whisperers."
Oh, there are plenty of signs, just not many of them printed.
You get born a bull, got a 90% chance of getting castrated,
served up as hamburger. So on balance, I reckon I'd choose
being a cow.
"Are you afraid of anything, Tom Booker?"
"Oh, growin' old. Not bein' much use."
